Workers' Compensation News
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Air Ambulance Rates Leave Lawmakers Searching for Solutions | 03/15/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana and Utah legislatures are considering resolutions asking Congress to help them cap prices charged by air ambulance services, while proposals have been introduced in North Dakota and New Mexico to prohibit the air carriers from billing patients when insurers don't pay the...Read More | |||
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Attorneys Generally Satisfied With Comp Judges, Mediators | 03/15/2017 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation attorneys were generally satisfied with the performance of administrative law judges and mediators, according to results of a 2016 survey published by the Workers&rs...Read More | |||
| Alliant Acquires Burkhardt Consulting LLC | 03/14/2017 | ||
| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Alliant has added Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based Burkhardt Consulting LLC to its employee benefits group. Established in 2003, Burkhardt Consulting helps employers of all sizes manage their benefit programs and costs. Alliant said in a news release that the Northwest is a major ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Opts Out of Trying to Revive Opt Out | 03/13/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers amended a bill that attempted to revive the Oklahoma Option with a committee substitute that makes no mention of the former Employee Injury Benefit Act, which was thrown out by the state Supreme Court. ...Read More | |||
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Amendments Proposed to Ease Employer Concerns About Governor's Reforms Proposal | 03/13/2017 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s proposals to reform the state’s workers’ compensation system are meeting opposition as they work through the Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Council to Consider Four Workers' Compensation Bills | 03/13/2017 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation will meet March 20 to discuss four pieces of legislation: ...Read More | |||
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AssuredPartners Acquires Keenan & Associates | 03/10/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Keenan & Associates has entered into an agreement to join AssuredPartners Inc., the 13th largest brokerage in the U.S. ...Read More | |||
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AIG CEO Peter Hancock Resigns | 03/10/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| American International Group’s president and chief executive officer, Peter Hancock, has resigned, just weeks after the company reported a $3 billion loss for the fourth quart...Read More | |||
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Armada Ammunition Shut Down Due to Lack of Comp Coverage | 03/10/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The state of Florida issued a stop-work order to an ammunition factory after finding the company did not carry workers' compensation insurance, ...Read More | |||
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AmTrust, Berkshire Move Up Again in Market Share Ranking | 03/08/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Growth in workers’ comp direct written premiums slowed in 2016, a year that saw AmTrust and Berkshire Hathaway continue their climb up the market share ranking, according to a report fr...Read More | |||
